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May. 13, 1923. ,448A23 G. L. TILLOTSON CRACKER BOWL Filed Mal". 8, 1921Patented Mar. i3, i923.

GEORG-EL. TILLOTSON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

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Application filed March 8, 1921. Serial No. 450,774.

To. all whomt may concern.' 1

yBe it hereby known that I, GEORGE L. TIL- LorsoN, a citizen of theUnited States, and resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah andState of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Cracker Bowl, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to a means for holding oystercrackers, or similar articles. Y

The object of my invention is'to provide an exceedingly simple,eflicient and sanitary cracker bowl which will prevent the hands of anindividual from coming in contact with any crackers except those whichhe uses himself. Y

I attain these results in the manner set forth in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying' drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation. of my device with a portion of the body cutaway for clearness and the cover cut along the line 1-1 in Fig. 2.Figure 2 is a plan of the device with a portion cut away. Figure 3 is asectional detail along the line 3-3 in Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference refer to the same or similar partsthroughout the several views.

l Referring in'detail to the drawing, I have constructed my device of asomewhat spherical shaped bowl member 4L mounted on a pedestal 5 towhich it is united by means of a cone shaped floor member 6. Around the.

sides of the bowl 4 I have formed the four openings 7 in the projectingareas 8. These areas have a recessed portion 9 in which are placed thecurved aluminum strips 10 which slide therein. These strips act as gatesfor closing the'openings 7. At the lower ends of the gates 10 areattached the transverse handle members 11.

It will be seen that this construction forms a means for holding thegate 10 within the guide 9. f Awedged shaped member 12 with its pointdownward is attached to the lower end of the member 10. Its upper end 18has a somewhat square face and is intended to engage any crackers whichmaybe resting upon same and disturb the surrounding crackers and causethem to fall through the openings 7 when the handle 11 lis raised. Thecrackers are to be caught by the hand which is placed under the lip 14.

In order to safely close the top of the bowl Ihave provided a cover 15having a downturned rim 16 whose alternate sectors of 45,

degrees are cut away leaving the intervening sectors 17 to form lockinglugs which engage a similar set of lugs 18 on the upper edge of thebowl. These lugs 18 are slightly tapered in order to insure a tight fitwith only a partial revolution of the cover 15, much after the fashionthat a gun breech is secured in place.

the handles 11 through the openings 7 and allowing` them to drop downuntil the openings 7 are completely closed. Crackers may then'be putinto the bowl 4L and the cover 15 put in place. When using the devicefrom any of its four sides it isonly necessary to raise the handle 11vwhile holding the hand underneath the lip 14 and then depress the handleto cut off the flow of the crackers.

By the use of the cone shaped bottom 6 no accumulation of brokencrackers takes place and the angle provided thereby greatly facilitatesthe discharge of the crackers through the openings 7. f

While I have thus illustrated and described my invention it is not'mydesire to limit myself to this precise form or method of application,but intend that it shall cover all forms andv modifications that fallfairly within the appended claim.

What I claim is: f e

In a cracker bowl, the combination of an elevated bowl member having abottom which is high at its center and slopes toward its side walls andhaving a pluralitv. of outlets directly above saidl sloping floor. whichpasses through said outlets in a manner to form a projecting lip on theoutside of said bowl` the interior side of said bowl also having formedtherein a recess for each of saidoutlets and slightly wider than theoutlet and an upwardly slidable gate in each of said recesses adapted toclose said outlet when down consisting of a curved plate having at itslower end an outwardly projecting handle having projecting sides adaptedto engage the rim of the outlet in a vmanner to hold the gate firmlywithin the recess and having on the inner side of said gate awedgeshaped member whose'pointed end is at the bottom of the gate and whoseupper end is adapted to agitate the crackers when thek gate is moved.

GEORGE L. TiLLoTsoN.

The operation of my device is as follows: The gates 10 are put intoplace by passing

